Shauna Elton & Artists: Contemporary Dance Performance

Performance Title: Amae | “No matter how wide she stretched her arms, the amount that she loved us was beyond her reach. It could not be quantified or contained. It was ten thousand named things in the Tao Te Ching’s universe and then ten thousand more. Her love was full throated and all-encompassing and unadorned. Every day she blew through her entire reserve.”

Shauna Elton is a professional contemporary dance teacher, choreographer and performer; who has taught professionally, performed and choreographed across Canada and internationally.

Having studied in Thailand and India she is a certified yoga instructor with a long standing meditation practice. She holds Mindset workshops that focus on reducing anxiety while increasing a sense of wellbeing and body awareness. Her interests in whole body health bridge into nutrition and she holds a certificate as a Holistic nutritionist.

She continues to teach dance and perform professionally; and is based in Vancouver with her husband and two daughters.

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Event Details

When: Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7pmWhere: University Women's Club of Vancouver at Hycroft Manor

Join us on the evening of November 1 in the sumptuous ballroom at Hycroft Mansion for a glass of wine, some nibbles and of course lots of laughs, insights and maybe some misty tears as only Leading Moms can deliver.

Now in our 7th year, we’re talking all about the body: not just about the importance of putting yourself first and self care, but also how to have better sex after kids, how to keep your mindset positive as a mom pulled in multiple directions, as well as explore “why mommy drinks” and add even add in a bit of politics too.